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  WINNIPEG -- The tattoo and body art industry in Manitoba is calling on the government to not forget them when Code Red restrictions are lifted. In a news release, The Manitoba Body Art Association (MBAA) said it feels like its business owners might once again be left behind by Manitoba. "In Minnesota, tattoo studies and salons were a part of the initial lockdown. Since their reopening in June, everything has gone smoothly. On November 20, their government implemented another shut down but tattoo studios and salons were allowed to remain open because the State Department of Health conta...

Winnipeg Free Press MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Ray Giguere owner of Argy's Collectables, one of many small Manitoba businesses that either slip through the cracks in qualifying for funding or don't receive it all, even after they have qualified. Listening to the same tune again and again isn't new to Ray Giguere, but not when it comes from the provincial government, and not when it relates to his struggling business during a global pandemic. Listening to the same tune again and again isn't new to Ray Giguere, but not when it comes from the provincial government, and not when it relates t...

Extension of code red restrictions worries Manitoba's jobs minister The Manitoba government says it can't commit to extending its bridge grant funding program to businesses if the current code red restrictions are extended on Friday. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2021 2:21 PM CT | Last Updated: January 7 Customers walk through an empty hallway and past closed retailers, as they leave a cellphone store at Polo Park shopping centre on Boxing Day.(Austin Grabish/CBC)

Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 Cabinet shuffles are intriguing, but frustrating, stories to cover. Intriguing because shuffles provide a brief and often salacious glimpse into the inter-personal dynamics in a governing party. Frustrating because the truth behind the shuffle is almost never discussed by the first minister who is in charge of moving cabinet ministers around. That was certainly the case on Tuesday, when Premier Brian Pallister undertook his third major cabinet shuffle, this o...

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has announced his new cabinet to start 2021. Eight members of cabinet are mai...